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“Today’s choice for Picture of the Day was a tough decision. By a hair’s breadth, I’ve chosen Vincent Laforet’s overhead picture from the weightlifting, ” —Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, NEWSWEEK

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©Vincent Laforet for NEWSWEEK

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I shot most everything from overhead today – either with the use of remote cameras or by physically shooting from the catwalks. Here is Andrei Rybakou of Belarus winning the silver metal and breaking the world record with an 185 Kg snatch in the men’s 85kg weightlifting competition – this was shot with an overhead remote camera – more on that later…